GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |